Thursday, September 25, 2008

The sky, we look to it for comfort in times of need. In hopes a greater sum will present itself for our salvation. We look up for inspiration and consolationRainbows full of color, hope and beauty.Blue sky that never ends. White clouds you make your friends.When the sky turns dark and threatening we fear that which we have no control.Rain comes and quenches the earth bringing with it floods of life and death.Light so bright it will blind and sound so loud the world will tremble.A vastness of space that knows no time. Void of our life yet our life it gives.The sky, we look up to it in wonder. Touch it, we never will, yet surrounds us always.The sun and stars are forever our companions. Know them we will not.The sky, forever in its debt, forever in wonderment.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Sorry I do not have much to post. I am still sick and have not really left the house for eight days. This is the worst sickness I have had since I was a little kid, and that was a long time ago. Lucky me I have a huge inventory of images just waiting to be seen.Cheers

Sunday, September 21, 2008

The first image was taken in San Francisco, China Town of course.The second image was a beach in Oregon.The third and fourth images are of a bridge that no longer exsits here in Fiji, near to my old home. Washed out completely this year during a rain storm. Interesting side not on the bridge, where ever there is a bridge there is aswimming hole below it. On any given sunny day there will be multitudes of kids swimming and playing. This day happened to be a bit cloudy and it was in winter.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Welcome to Sky Watch Friday. It has been a bit of a rough week. Being sick in the tropics is hell. Luckily I got up early one morning and looked out to the swimming pool and saw this reflection. I grabbed my point and shoot and got a couple of shots off. The first being the reflection and the second being the reflected.Stop by the Sky Watch Friday site and see photos of the sky from all over the world.Cheers

A little bit about these flowers. The Fijian name is Vutu, I do not know the English or Latin names. I used a black back drop with LED and incandescent light. My camera was tripod mounted with 8-20 second exposures at F22.Cheers

Saturday, September 13, 2008

First is the Amazing Friendship, this was given to me by my very good friend The Fishing Guy. I met him through blogging and have built a wonderful friendship with him through our blogging. Thank you so much my friend. May all your days be filled with happiness and sunshine.

Next I was given the I Love your blog by Sara G and Leedra. I follow both of their blog and very mush enjoy their photos and discriptions. Thank you both for this honor, I am humbled in your blogaspheres.

This next recognition was given to me by Louise at Potted Frog. She is the most amazing blogger person I know. I read her blog and she always has really good things to say and great photos. If you get a chance check her out, it's worth it.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Wow it's Friday, or almost Friday. Seeings how I live in Fiji it will be Friday here first. I was just looking at the SWF website and was thinking to myself, 7:30pm GMT Thursday is actually 6:30 am Friday morning for me. Anyways I thought I would post something different today, Reflections. LOL The first one is a building in Sydney, Australia which I love to visit. The second is Denarau Marina here in Nadi, Fiji. Hope you enjoy.

To see the sky from all over the world check out Sky Watch Friday hosted by Tom, Sandy, Imac and Klaus or click the badge on the right.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

I visit Sydney Australia about once a year. It has to be one of my favorite cities in the world. The food is great. The people are friendly. The public transportation is a dream to use and the whole city is just a pleasure to visit. Here are a few images from a couple years back. A mix of abstract and what I call post card shots.Cheers

Thursday, September 4, 2008

It's Sky Watch Friday and time to see what the sky has been doing all over the world this week. Last week there was an amazing 373 sites posting images of the sky from their parts of the world. This week I give you more reflections of blue. Even though there is a perfectly good scientific reason the sky is blue and the sea is blue, I am still in awe. If you take a glass of sea water it is clear and if you get a glass of sky it is also clear. Yet when you put them together they turn blue. Amazing and beautiful.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

While exploring the beaches by my new home I came upon an old barge sitting high and dry. At first glance I only saw an old barge but after walking around it two or three times I began to see the color and texture. The more I walked around it the more I saw. I give to you my images of that old barge. Sometimes we must look at the world from a different perspective in order to see the beauty that surrounds us. Instead of a hulking, washed up old barge I ended up seeing multitudes of patterns and colors as well as reflections from inside this now piece of art. The saying, "Don't judge a book by it's cover" certainly held true for this subject.

A quick picture of Photographer Callan Wallace.I have been taking photographs for as long as I can remember. I took my first photography class when I was 14 years old. I continued taking classes until I finished high school. I then worked as a portrait photographer for a year but soon found myself burning out. After a short sabbatical I started to shoot again. I have had several shows in a gallery and sold limited edition fine art prints.I have been living in Fiji for over 14 years. During this time I have had to give up shooting film as the humidity and tempeture do not agree with negatives and prints. Since leaving film I have rediscovered my photography through the digital revolution.After learning to shoot digital with point and shoot cameras I then moved up to a DSLR. I now use a Canon 5D and a 24-105mm Lseries lens for all of my work.

I have since left the DSLR and am now shooting with a Galaxy S3 phone with an 8 megapixel built in camera.I take pictures of what moves me. I focus on images that I find unique in shape, pattern, color and texture. I look for faces that tell a story. I do not use long lenses for the sole reason it makes me have to engage my subject. Whether it is a person who I will have to communicate with to get a good shot or an object that forces me to physically move towards it and out of my own comfort zone. I feel that this give my images a more real feel to them. I am constantly learning and exploring with my photography. Change is constant and I am constantly changing.